Small business owner (book, toy, games, green lifestyle shop), columnist, dog lover, USAF veteran, (Korean Linguist, Intel Analyst, Instructor) Jewish husband to an awesome Asian-American Presbyterian (elder/deacon) husband, LGBTQ, progressivehttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3mvgarnbemk2phttps://www.kron4.com/video/multifaith-vigil-held-in-palo-alto-ahead-of-25th-anniversary-of-911/12159133/ This was an incredibly well done report on the 9/11 Peace Picnic my company helped sponsor and at which I served a TON of pizza to guests. My friend Samina Sundas of American Muslim Voice has been doing this picnic for decades.13 Sep 2026 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvgarnbemk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3mvawywmwmc2lCan anyone watch this interchange and not be repulsed by him? [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvawywmwmc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3mv6bjfxkr22rMaybe if they had promised $5,000 a person if people attended the event.... https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-begs-maga-not-to-believe-their-eyes-over-attendance-at-gop-midterm-convention-in-dallas-texas/10 Sep 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6bjfxkr22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3mv6aoh6rcs2hOK, fess up people! Who told Republicans that the place to get tickets for the convention was GRINDR? https://www.alternet.org/trump-rnc-lgbtq/10 Sep 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6aoh6rcs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3mv67pfqags2hThere was a time where, when all of the courts below SCOTUS agreed on something, SCOTUS might just leave it be. Is now that time? https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/10/trump-ice-detention-appeals-courts-0107042710 Sep 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv67pfqags2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3murz5fgvqk2sTo celebrate the United Nations voting to promote Equal Area maps instead of the Mercator Projection, we're giving away this map to anyone who stops by our shop in San Carlos CA. (The U.S. was the only country to vote NO). You can order all our maps at https://shop.reachandteach.com/maps-postcards-and-geography-related-products05 Sep 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3murz5fgvqk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3murmgedomk2kProud of these people who felt called by their faith to fight against injustice. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3murmgedomk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3muq4ug3fdk26Good News: https://ground.news/article/federal-judge-extends-block-on-trump-executive-order-seeking-to-limit-mail-voting-in-the-midterms04 Sep 2026 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muq4ug3fdk26https://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3muq4bb3mb22rAccording to some reports, ballots sat for DAYS and some even over a week, disenfranchising voters. California also saw a HUGE jump in ballots rejected because they were not postmarked in time. https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/09/02/uncounted-late-ballots-jump-in-wa-as-fears-of-postal-service-delays-intensify/04 Sep 2026 23:23 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muq4bb3mb22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3mupairbz6c2sI sat in the rubble with a boy who nearly lost both arms and legs, and with a girl who lost most of her family, due to U.S. mistakes in the bombing of Afghanistan. Hegseth gutting this program is a crime against humanity. Some day he must face consequences. Sooner, I hope, than later. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupairbz6c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3mup63cjajk2rBut of course he was fired...... [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup63cjajk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3mup5yxakfk2rOne of my recent columns in the San Mateo Daily Journal. https://accidental-activist.ghost.io/socialists-marxists-and-communists-oh-my/04 Sep 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup5yxakfk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3mup44qjlg22gAnd I'm old enough to read history and point out that the United States helped overthrow Iran's democratically elected government in 1953 because Iran had nationalized their oil. If we hadn't installed the Shah we might never have had the "Islamic Revolution" and hostage crisis. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup44qjlg22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3mul4llq4bk27https://www.smdailyjournal.com/opinion/columnists/socialists-marxists-and-communists-oh-my/article_39f41303-2556-4990-b8b3-9d77b8778c1f.html [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 23:45 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mul4llq4bk27https://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3mul4jc6opc27I would encourage federal workers to WALK OUT, starting with the White House staff. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-proposes-pay-freeze-federal-workers-ice-raise_n_6a985401e4b0a4525618548e?origin=home-latest-news-unit02 Sep 2026 23:44 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mul4jc6opc27https://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3mukee5rxpk2tHow long will the people who put these sailors and marines in this deplorable and terrible situation suffer the consequences for their stupid, cruel, and ill-conceived decisions? Pretty rare for me to quote Donald Trump but I'll say it "NOT LONG ENOUGH!" [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukee5rxpk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3muke6jk2hs2tJust watch this damning video. Damn Bush and Damn Trump and Damn everyone who supported them. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-supercut-bush-iran-war_n_6a97c655e4b087cf7f00779a?origin=home-latest-news-unit02 Sep 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muke6jk2hs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3muiix2mmrk2hWhile they are destroying the ability to vote by mail they're also closing polling sites where black and brown people live. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muiix2mmrk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3muid2tqrtc2hWow Milo! Pot meet Kettle! Decrying Trump, he said “...with some of the most unstable and lunatic people seemingly directing the President’s actions” (you mean YOU Milo???) https://www.thedailybeast.com/shackled-maga-stooge-milo-yiannopoulos-does-sudden-180-on-love-for-trump/01 Sep 2026 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muid2tqrtc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3mucft227dc2dProof of life for Mitch McConnell [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Aug 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucft227dc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3mua5x7dd2c2bhttps://www.thedailybeast.com/kash-patels-fbi-eases-hiring-rules-on-theft-prostitution-and-bestiality/ Prostitution, bestislity, and stealing from employer no longer bsr you from joining the FBI.29 Aug 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mua5x7dd2c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3mu56egm3rc25It would be terrible if this got tens of millions of shares, views, reposts... [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu56egm3rc25https://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3mtnk3kz6ck2mhttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/fauci-legal-defense-fund_n_6a88b9f2e4b021f20f88f834?origin=home-latest-news-unit I hope that all of the normals in this country consider helping out. This man should not have to suffer financial ruin for saving millions of lives.22 Aug 2026 05:27 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnk3kz6ck2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3mtnen4vgg22aFunny that it took this long for us to understand how badly the Pentagon screwed up in not planning this war and causing our forces to suffer. https://www.ms.now/news/uss-lincoln-iran-war-supplies22 Aug 2026 03:50 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnen4vgg22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3mtefkvsaas2fIf you told a MAGA / Trump supporter this story, and asked them to give you $200 to help defend Trump from criticism over it, they'd probably give you the money, right? https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-voter-commuted-sentence-woman-scammed-ponzi-scheme_n_6a842e8de4b0ddd9c1b3823a?origin=home-latest-news-unit18 Aug 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtefkvsaas2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/craigwiesner.bsky.social/post/3mteeuj2wks2bThe great life of a bookseller: Morning with author of Born Again Queer and afternoon with author of Jewish Palestinian Dialogue Group.18 Aug 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:h6ymsva3a2tnaanacptff4bm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteeuj2wks2b